Keep or Kut

Keep or Kut  - Pete and Chad examine some of the significant pickups across competitive and active OPL leagues. 2:39 - Pete’s H2H Hero of the Week is Seiya Suzuki 4:56 - Chad’s H2H Hero of the Week is the now-injured Pete Fairbanks 23:30 - Randy Vásquez , Michael Soroka , and Emerson Hancock are off to hot starts  34:37 - Keaton Winn has been tearing it up for San Francisco, but he doesn't have th...

Keep or Kut  - Pete (@PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( chadyoung.bsky.social ) couldn't get together this week, so Chad went solo, talking about how he thinks about waivers and FAAB in keeper leagues as compared to redraft. With so much waiver wire content out there, how can you, the keeper-league-playing Keep or Kut listener, use that content for a different context than it was intended. 0:42 - H2H Her...

Keep or Kut  - Chad and Pete react to some of their listeners' "overreactions." 2:30 - Chad’s H2H Hero of the Week: Chase DeLauter 4:53 - Pete’s H2H Hero of the Week: Wilyer Abreu … both homer picks! 9:09 - Is it too early to think “my team isn’t going to be very good this year?” 20:08 - ThecretThauce’s “overreaction” to debate is that Jacob Misiorowski leads MLB in BBs and Ks. 25:35 - Just how ba...

 Keep or Kut  - Pete (@PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( chadyoung.bsky.social ) go three three ADP tiers and identify players they simply have to have in keeper leagues. These are players whose ADP represents a value this year and have potential to be great keepers, even if you have to pay an increasing cost for them, next year. We used FanTrax ADP and here are the rules we followed: One player each fr...

Keep or Kut  - Pete (@PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( chadyoung.bsky.social ) are back at it and today they are looking at how much things can change over the course of spring training. From keeper decisions to drafts to FAAB, you need to be constantly adjusting when news - especially bad news - breaks in Spring. 2:00 - Zack Wheeler's value has moved quite a bit without much happening, and Chad and Pet...

Keep or Kut  - Without Chad, Pete (@PeteBBaseball ) breaks down his favorite and least favorite picks of each of the first 10 rounds of our Keep or Kut Listener League 1 roto draft. 2:14 - In the first round, Pete liked the one-pick discount on José Ramírez , but had to rationalize his own Matt Olson pick. 6:41 - Yoshinobu Yamamoto fell to the second round, where Randy Arozarena also got scooped u...

Keep or Kut  - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad Young ( @chadyoung ) just finished up a keeper league draft with 10 listeners and take some time to go through interesting picks and keeps. 4:13 - Chad and Pete pick 1-2 and the first tough calls of the draft came because Pete was "stuck" with a util-only bat at 1.1. 10:44 - Right off the start, you get guys being taken over ADP - even in the first r...

Keep or Kut  - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad Young ( @chadyoung ) respond to more of our listeners' questions! 4:55 - Henry asks about $3-5 prospects in Ottoneu. Worth keeping? Cutting?  14:20 - Paul has one keeper slot for any of the following (all cost a last-round pick to keep): Konnor Griffin , Bryce Eldridge , Sal Stewart , Kyle Stowers , or Cam Schlittler . 20:35  - Ben asks about a secon...

Keep or Kut  - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad Young ( @chadyoung ) got a slew of listener questions and do their best to get through as many possible. Who has increased their value this off-season? What's up at CI? How do you balance and think about values in different formats? 2:22 -  Who are risers in keeper leagues due to the transactions we have already seen this off-season? Willson Contrera...

Keep or Kut  - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad Young ( @chadyoung ) break down some of the trades they have finalized in the Keep or Kut listener leagues. 7:30 -  After going over the Sonny Gray trade to Boston and the Ryan Helsley acquisition by Baltimore, the hosts discuss Pete's trade of Samuel Basallo and a 4th-round pick for Julio Rodríguez . 13:20 - Chad has a 4th-round Zach Neto . Should h...

  Keep or Kut  - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) took part in the Pitcher List Podcast Network mock draft in Octobter. This week, Chad Young ( @chadyoung ) grills Pete (nicely) on his strategy, his picks, what went well, what didn't, and what he learned. Along the way, they try to bring in some keeper league thoughts, as well. 1:40 - What makes a draft like this different from a keeper draft - and what ma...

  Keep or Kut  - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad Young (@chadyoung) discuss the pitchers on their 4x4 rosters, examining who they might keep and who they might kut. 3:07 - Conversation begins by looking at the double-digit price pitchers on Pete's roster. Conversation includes $31 Logan Webb , $15 Michael King , $14 Tanner Bibee , $14 Aaron Nola , and $13 Eury Perez . 16:04 - Chad's double-digit...

 Keep or Kut  - Chad ( @chadyoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) pull up their rosters in Ottoneu league 1372 , the Keep or Kut Listener League, and talk through who is a keeper, who is a cut, and who should maybe be shopped over the off-season. While trade season hasn't kicked off and it is too early to make final decisions, getting a sense of where you stand is a great place to start. 5:35 - Wha...

 Keep or Kut  - Chad ( @chadyoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) look at the top (and some of the bottom) performers in the second half of the fantasy season and discuss what went wrong and what that means for their keeper value and 2026 draft status. How high are we ranking Shea Langeliers? How far did Elly de la Cruz fall? And which surprise pitchers do we like best? 6:00 - Our final H2H heroes,...

2:25 - H2H heroes starting with by far our most out there winner - Victor Vodnik 12:24 - Michael Harris II gets Pete’s nod for his ongoing breakout 25:38 - looking at Pete’s keepers in the Roto Listener League with discussion on an injured pitcher working back, giving up all your round 3-5 picks, and more. 44:09 - We turn our attention to Chad’s much less exciting team, with more injured pitchers,...

Keep or Kut  - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) goes solo to discuss his H2H Hero of the Week, some trade deadline keeper league implications, and players he is keeping a close eye on as the season winds down. 3:09 - Pete's H2H Hero of the Week is Shea Langeliers 9:48 - Trade deadline talk begins 12:32 - Time to add Ryan Helsley in your keeper leagues? 14:55 - It should be David Bednar 's time to shine 18:...

2:16 -Pete looks to an opponent's team and lands on Zach McKinstry as his Head-to-Head Hero 9:10 - Chad gives Kyle Stowers an honorable mention but goes with Jose Ramirez . 13:37 - Reviewing some interesting keeper trades, but first talking about why trades are slower in roto leagues and what you can do. 21:29 - We get into the trades that have happened, starting with $41 Rafael Devers for $9 Cris...

Keep or Kut  - Chad ( @chadyoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) take a look at some first-half-keeper-league All Stars (largely based on value gained compared to their ADP) after a spirited conversation about their Head-to-Head Heroes from last week. 5:00 - Chad picks George Springer as his Head-to-Head Hero. Pete goes with Jasson Domínguez and Michael Busch in a two-way tie. 16:30 - Conversation a...

5:16 - Chad steals Pete's head-to-head hero, going with Evan Carter . 15:26 - Pete's advising you to think about cutting his head-t0-head hero, Willy Adames . 25:17 - In the Keep or Kut Listener H2H League on FanTrax, starting with Chad acquiring Oneil Cruz and Jasson Dominguez for Chris Sale and Chase Meidroth . 35:39 - Trading away Mike Trout and Jose Altuve for Justin Steele and Gleyber Torres...

Keep or Kut  - Chad ( @chadyoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) keep up the buy or sell nature of Episode 169, but this time they look at pitchers. 1:31 - Chad’s Head-to-Head Hero was Adley Rutschman , while Pete went with Christian Encarnacion-Strand . 18:11 - We start talking about pitchers who are performing at a level higher than we anticipated back during the draft season. Hunter Brown and Car...

Timestamps Ep 169 2:45 - Our head-t0-head heroes starts with a discussion on Jeremy Pena's breakout season. 13:33 -  Pete's Hero, Zack Littell , is an interesting example of player whose value is based on format as much as anything. 21:05 - Is James Wood a top 20 player moving forward? 31:00 - Are we just as high on PCA? 39:30-  How should we view Kyle Stowers and Andy Pages - and who do we like m...

Keep or Kut  - Chad ( @chadyoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) go through an extended Head-to-Head Heroes segment and breakdown a couple of Chad's recent deals by providing insightful analysis on quite a few names. 5:25 - Head to head heroes of the week: Merrill Kelly and Will Benson . 16:07 - Is this a Josh Jung breakout or a fluke? 26:21 -   Pete Crow-Armstrong is having a monster season. Will h...

Timestamps Ep 167 4:40 - Our jersey number 67 discussion leads us to take a closer look at Seth Lugo and what the Royals have been doing with pitching. 10:41 - Head-to-Head Heroes takes us to the Jhoan Duran in the Twins bullpen and a bit of a "season appreciation award" for Wilyer Abreu . 23:26 - What stats are we looking to for info on players at this point in the season? 31:52 -   Is Nolan Jone...

Keep or Kut  - Chad ( @chadyoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) break down a few of the amazing first-month performers of the season, particularly names that you wouldn't have expected back before the season started. Team Kaia At the top of the show, we told you about eight-year old Kaia, who is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. Kaia has been diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia. We a...

Timestamps Ep 165 3:09 - Head to Head Heroes: Noelvi Marte and Zach Neto 13:37 - Chad's team in Ottoneu league one has been a disaster and while Juan Soto isn't doing what he hoped, the real concern is the pitching - and Chad wants to know what to make of Jared Jones , Spencer Arrighetti , and Sandy Alcantara 30:30 -  Pete's struggling in the Keep or Kut listener Ottoneu league, and needs to figur...